Table C9. Percentage of 2009 9th-grade students who attended college by February 2016, by most influential person on thinking about postsecondary education in 2012 and 2013 (HSLS:09)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

Characteristic	Ever attended college by February 2016		Never attended college by February 2016
Total	72.4		27.6

Most influential person on thinking about education after high school in 2012
Coach or scout	76.5		23.5
Self	77.0		23.0
Parents	75.6		24.4
Teacher	69.2		30.8
Another family member	63.0		37.0
High school counselor	62.2		37.8
Friends	66.2		33.8
Counselor hired to help prepare for college admission	63.0		37.0	!
Military recruiter	31.2		68.8
Employer	49.9		50.1

Most influential person on thinking about education after high school in 2013
Coach or scout	86.0		14.0	!
Self	72.8		27.2
Parents	77.6		22.4
Teacher	72.6		27.4
Another family member	59.9		40.1
High school counselor	69.0		31.0
Friends	60.2		39.8
Counselor hired to help prepare for college admission	81.7		‡
Military recruiter	17.7	!	82.3
Employer	63.5		36.5	!
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
NOTE: Students who responded they did not know who or no one in particular was the most influential person to their thinking about postsecondary were excluded. The names of the variables used in this table are: S2CLGINFLU, S3CLGINFLU and S4EVRATNDCLG. Wording for the question can be viewed here: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/hsls09/pdf/2012_student.pdf. The weight variable used in this table is W4W1W2W3STU.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Second Follow-Up.

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